"stops" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
慢车慢車	màn chē		local bus or train / slow train with many stops
戛然而止	jiá rán ér zhǐ		with a grunting sound it stops (idiom) / to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)	syn
敢作敢当敢作敢當	gǎn zuò gǎn dāng		daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here / variant of 敢做敢當\|敢做敢当[gan3 zuo4 gan3 dang1]
好汉做事，好汉当好漢做事，好漢當	hǎo hàn zuò shì , hǎo hàn dāng		daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
敢做敢当敢做敢當	gǎn zuò gǎn dāng		daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
艾滋病止于我艾滋病止於我			AIDS Stops With Me!
国际流通不记名证券止付公约國際流通不記名證券止付公約			Convention relating to Stops on Bearer Securities in International Circulation
好汉做事好汉当好漢做事好漢當	hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng		daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
击鼓传花擊鼓傳花	jī gǔ chuán huā		beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
不仁起富	bù rén qǐ fù		(idiom) To build wealth through malicious intent. It describes someone ruthless who stops at nothing to become rich.
以火止沸	yǐ huǒ zhǐ fèi		(idiom) To use an inappropriate method that strengthens rather than stops an already critical situation. It is equivalent to trying to put out a fire with fire.
忘怀日久忘懷日久	wàng huái rì jiǔ		(idiom) As time passes, one gradually stops caring much about it and forgets it.
扁担脱，两头虚扁擔脫，兩頭虛	biǎn dān tuō，liǎng tóu xū		(idiom) Like a carrying pole without end-stops, from which things slide off both sides, it describes a situation in which both sides fail and nothing is achieved.
日久忘怀日久忘懷	rì jiǔ wàng huái		(idiom) As time passes, one stops dwelling on it and eventually forgets it.
欲说还休	yù shuō huán xiū		(idiom) One wants to speak but stops without managing to say what one feels. It describes complex emotions that are difficult to express.
济窍飘风	jì qiào piāo fēng		(idiom) When the strong wind stops, all the openings become silent and empty. It later came to describe something having no influence or effect whatsoever.
破涕成笑	pò tì chéng xiào		(idiom) To turn from sorrow to joy, especially when someone stops crying and begins to smile.
连绵不断	lián mián bù duàn		(idiom) Describes something that continues without interruption and never stops.	syn

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